Should you give the smart speaker pride of place on a mantelpiece, right next to your favorite sports star's bobblehead?

Or should you, perhaps, put in on its own wooden pedestal, there to be admired by visitors?

Apple would like you to know that you should think twice about putting it on an oiled wooden surface.

You see, Wirecutter observed that the HomePod caused white rings to appear on both an oiled butcher-block countertop and on a wooden side table.

Some on Twitter had noticed it too.

#homepod left rings on my wood furniture in less than 20 minutes of use. Thanks #apple I am glad a paid $400 to make perfect etched circles on my more expensive furniture. Guess I can not move it now to cover up the mark. Evil geniuses you are. #applesupportpic.twitter.com/u47xImwQQt